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Kerim Sen – Human Rights Education Review, 2023
The United Nations (UN) and Council of Europe (CoE) have engaged in the development of a human rights education (HRE) curriculum in Turkey. The study programme for an elective high school course, "Democracy and Human Rights," was first developed as part of the UN Decade for HRE initiative in 1999. The programme was later renewed as part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Tinkler, Alan; Tinkler, Barri – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2020
In order to build connections with the community, the authors of this study undertook a participatory process for developing a comprehensive service-learning initiative within a teacher education program. This case study examines the impact of the service-learning initiative on building social capital for the community and preservice teachers. The…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
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Yao, Haogen – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
This study develops a sequential mixed model of Delphi-Propensity Score Matching to discuss how an NGO's socio-emotional support affects the decisions of dropout, work, and two types of upper secondary schooling in rural China. Data were collected from 6,298 students in 2012 after a subgroup of them were treated. The analysis shows that…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Academic Aspiration, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Solar, Mauricio; Sabattin, Jorge; Parada, Victor – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
This article describes an ICT-based and capability-driven model for assessing ICT in education capabilities and maturity of schools. The proposed model, called ICTE-MM (ICT in School Education Maturity Model), has three elements supporting educational processes: information criteria, ICT resources, and leverage domains. Changing the traditional…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Models, Evaluation Methods, Secondary Education
Morueta, Ramon Tirado; Igado, Manuel Fandos; Gomez, J. Ignacio Aguaded – Online Submission, 2010
This work, part of the Spanish government's National I + D Plan 2004/07, entitled "Observatics: the implementation of free software in ICT centres in Andalusia: an analysis of its effect on the teaching-learning process", aims to describe the most recent impact of online communication technologies on education in Andalusia (Spain),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Qualitative Research
Gordon, Howard R. D. – 1989
A study was conducted to collect information related to Future Farmers of America (FFA) advisors, chapters, and school characteristics. Specific objectives were to determine FFA activities influenced by the advisor's experience, and to identify factors perceived as contributing to the preparation of teachers for the role of advisor and to the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Carter, Richard I.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1983
A series of articles focuses upon the need for vocational agricultural student organizations to be member-centered and to serve nontraditional students. Emphasizes the necessity of using the talents of each member in order to achieve quality in an organization. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Noninstructional Responsibility, Postsecondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Brannon, Tony; And Others – 1988
A study sought to determine the impact vocational agriculture programs have had on community leadership. A revision of the questionnaire used in the Western Regional Impact Study was used in 30 communities in Oklahoma with schools having vocational agriculture departments. Community leaders were nominated by vocational agriculture teachers in the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Leaders, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Training
Newmann, Fred M.; Thompson, Judith A. – 1987
This synthesis offers a descriptive inventory of research studies of cooperative learning at the secondary level. While cooperative learning techniques vary, they all share an interest in finding an alternative to "frontal teaching"--the teacher instructing the whole class or individual seatwork by students. Cooperative methods allow…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Educational Research, Learning Strategies
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Korner, Annegret – Comparative Education, 1981
This article discusses the comprehensive secondary schools which have so far been created in West Germany. It points out the ways they differ from English comprehensive schools, summarizes research results, and looks at teacher training needs. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, National Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Applied Tech. and Adult Education. – 1993
During 1992-93, 170,146 secondary and 140,681 postsecondary students were enrolled in secondary-level vocational training (VT) programs throughout Florida. A total of 12,545 single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women received VT-related services. Nontraditional vocational training programs served 2,995 females and 476 males.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Organizations, Consumer Education
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Cross, David – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1985
Reports a study in which the effects of the changeover of a French course in a London comprehensive lower school from a structural to a unit-credit course were observed and evaluated. A pre-test post-test model composed of 10 measures was used to measure the effects of the change. (SED)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation, Course Organization
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Eckel, Jim – Journal of Reading, 1980
Shows how a structured tutoring program helped increase both student and tutor reading scores. (JT)
Descriptors: Organization, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
National Association of Manufacturers, New York, NY. Education Committee. – 1975
An education committee task force of the National Association of Manufacturers conducted an indepth study of secondary vocational education and concluded that many of these programs are unable to adequately meet the occupational training needs of students or the manpower requirements of industry. Major weaknesses cited are: (1) too few students…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Job Training, National Organizations
Pennsylvania State Council on Vocational Education, Harrisburg. – 1990
This annual report of the Pennsylvania Council on Vocational Education focuses on the activities and recommendations of the council for 1990. It includes recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Governor that describe the board's major concerns, including declining student enrollments in vocational education programs and possible…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Outcomes of Education
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